--- In [email protected], turquoiseb <no_reply@...> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "salyavin808" <fintlewoodlewix@> wrote: > > > > It's interesting why there are so few female philosophers, > > same reason there are so few top women chess players perhaps. > > A simplistic view would be the old Mars/Venus thing. But I > > think it's less a "women are more touchy-feely" than that > > men are more prone to excessive nerdiness, and sometimes > > to the exclusion of successful relationships or career. > > > > Women are maybe more likely to be responsible about their > > future and more successfully goal directed because of the > > possibility of having children, there is a nerve in the > > female brain that judges everything for long term value, > > whereas a lot of guys can wander about completely clueless > > except for a top degree in physics or philosophy. I know > > quite a few of them and a lot of *very* focussed > > women. > > Did you notice the lack of women on the list of > The Materworks Of Science Fiction list you sent > yetsterday? I did, so I counted. There were more > citations for works by Philip K. Dick than there > were for all women writers combined.
Oh yes, when I meet a woman into sci-fi I always say Wow! Most just hate it no matter how much I try and extol it's virtues. The only girl I currently know into SF has a physics degree. What is it that turns women off it generally? I leant the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy to a girl I knew who was top at English literature at uni and she said it was great until they left Earth, and then she lost interest. Dislike of abstraction?
